He is charged with identity theft and four counts of deceptive practice. Police say he cashed $16,000 in checks written on a closed Maryland bank account under the alias Matt Goldstein.

At the brief hearing, Quint told the judge he cannot afford a private attorney. The judge said Quint will be given a public defender. He is being held without bail pending trial.

Quint was arrested Feb. 23 at his Gold Coast apartment on two warrants from Georgia, where he is wanted for a probation violation and for allegedly writing a fraudulent $3,000 check. While in Chicago, police say, Quint represented himself as Goldstein, a fictitious wealthy chief executive from California, while dating at least eight women in the city he met through online services.

Authorities say Quint scammed $24,000 from three of those women. Belmont Area Detective Cindy Serafini said Wednesday that the investigation into those allegations is continuing and more charges are possible.